Cylinder laundry machine



CYLINDER LAUNDRY MACHINE Filed July 29, 1927 3 Sheets-Sheet l :J1/menton sept. 16,y 1930. J. N. wHnE 1,175,878'

CYLINDER LAUNDRY MACHINE 'Filed July 29, 1927 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 /0 Z5 27 /Z a 3/ Z5 Sept. 16, 1930. I J, N wHn-E 1,775,878

CYLINDER LAUNDRY MACHINE Filed July 29, 1927 I5 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented Sept. 16, 1930 JAMES N. WHITE, or DENVER, COLORADO CYLINDER- LAUNDRY MACHINE Application filed July 29, 1927. Serial N'o. 209,294.

This invention relates to cylinder laundry machines and particularly to that class thereof in which there is an outer cylindrical tub within which is revolublymounted a cylindrical clothes container.

An object of the invention is to provide improvements in the structure and operation thereof with relationto the dumping of the clothes from the machine after the clothes have been washedor dried within the machine, it being understood that while the machine is here described as a washing machine -`it "can, with appropriate additions not affecting the features involved in the present invention. be -as well used for drying clothes. A further object is to `provide for the `dumping of the clothes from the machine by providing'for the revolubility vof the tub as well as for the revolubilit-y of the container with relation to the tub.

Other objects will appear, from the following specification and claims as illustratedin the accompanying drawing in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout and in which:

' F ig. I is a front elevation of a four-compartment machine showing the left half of lthe tub closed, with clothes receiving bags vas placed upon thefbag racks and not in operative position, and showing the right half of the tub open, disclosing the clothes container, which container is shown closed as to one compartment and open as to another and valso showing a fragment of the bag rack in place in the saidopen compartment at the right of the ligure.

Fig. II is a section on line A-A of Fig. I.

Fig. III is a section on line A-A of F I but showing the machine at the limit of movement in the dumping operation with bags in operative position for receiving the clothes.

Fig. IV is an end elevation with part of the casing broken away.

Fig. V is a fragmentary view illustrating lthe use of a motor in place of'hand crank for dumping operation.

Fig. VI is a detail of the combined bag rack and dumping frame.

`Fig. VII is a fragmentary enlarged detail view in cross section showing the parts at and adjacent the point of attachment of the bag rack to the tub. i

I provide standards l, which may be bolted to the floor as indicated at 2, and which support suitable bearings 3 on which tub et rev olubly rests, the tub being provided with bearing bands 5 and, at one end, with a rack G engaged by pinion 7 revolubly mounted in casing 8 and provided with crank 9 whereby tub 4 may be revolved. A modified structure for revolution by motor is lillustrated at Fig. V.

Tub 4 is provided with doorways l() shown at the right in Fig. I and which may be` closed, while the machine is operating for washing or drying, by doors ll sliding in runways l2 which may be formed in any suitable manner as by the inner wall of the tub and strips 13 attached thereto at their ends as at M but elsewhere spaced therefrom to form the runways. The doors ll are provided with handles lla for opening and closingthe same.

Tub 4 is provided with a suitable outlet structure generally indicated at l5 which arranged for opening and closing through shaft 16 and lever 1T by handle 18 all mounted on the tub so as to revolve therewith.

A clothes container 19, cylindrical in shape and suitably perforated for freely permit` ting ingress and egress of washing Huid, is revolubly mounted in and with reference to the tub by suitable moans as shafts 2O projecting from the central part of the ends of the container into suitable bearingsQl in the ends da of the tub, one of said shafts 20 projecting through. its bearing 2l and carrying a cogwheel 22 whereby the container may be revolved, power from any suitable source being transmitted through pulley 23 and thence through any suitable arrangement of gears, not shown but contained within and indicated by casing 2li, to cogwheel Q2. A suitable casing 25 is provided for enclosing this container-driving mechanism and the casings 8 and 25 are held in position by construction integral with standards l or suitable mountings on standards l as at 26. In either case brace rod and adjusting nuts 27 and 28 hold the tops or" the Casings in piopier-v ly adjusted and spaced relation. Such coiistructionleavesthespace beneath the tub clear Lfor dumping purposes. v

- Clothes container 19 niay be, and in praeti'ceusually will be, divided by transverse partitions 29 (indicated in'dottedlines) into Vcoinpa-rtiri'entls each of which has agdoorwayy 30 substantially co-extensive with the width of the compartment and which is opened Iand closed by a door 31 preferably having iniite-V rial and yperforation siinilarto the container,

and sliding in runways formed by curved strips 32 attached as at 33 tothe wallet the container` and suitably yspacedy therefrom to Viorin thegrunways. f Suitable c'ateii-haiidles 434 arev provided yfordoperating the Vdoors 31.

and for lockingfthe doors 31`V inlclosed positionwhilethe inachineis washing ior drying..

Y Liquid'niay besuppliedtothe tub through pipe'35 havingfa valvey 36 -aiid'aswinging goint'v`37l to permit therevolution of tnetub while naintaining connection `with the pipe.

Aeoinbinedrack and 'duniijiing traine 33 is l lshown at Fig.'VI, having hinges 39 where-`` -byto hinge. the rack tothe tub atthe edge oi thefdoorways 1() andliaving cut-outs 40 sub'- stantially c-oterininous with lthe dooiwaysBO serve in clothes `container V19.,F langes 41ll d the tuple-purpose of yforming iiieans lorholding thefreceiving bags 942,' see lFigs; H- and cking the tub 4 and Clot-hes container 19 inposition 1with their-respective doorwaysv11G-and. I30 aligned: by'proj ecting through `said .aligned doorways, see Fig. lll, and Viiorniing 'guidesfor the vclothes in passing" roin the i .in container `19 andlO. in tub4f This rack container.. 19 to and through the vdoorways3() a duinping fraine, withoiittl'ie iuay be used-as 42 for receiving clothes, and

use oi the bags y in such case the flanges 4'1 while not serving the purpose `of bag supports still serve their position it will beout of bracing'engageinent [To operate theinachi'ne',

other two purposes. of interlocking the tub and Container 'and forming guides for the clothes. Y Y

A brace member 43 hinged to the edge 44 the bagY raclr38 may be provided for sup'- porting the bag rack in position shown in Figs. I, Il, andk 1V while the 'bags are being placed uponthe rack,where upoii, if the ina;

chine isv 'not ready for dumping, the brace in ay be swungupon its hinge into the planey ofthe body portion of the rack y33 in which with'the tub 4 and will perinit the rack 38 to drop and hang froin its hinge 39, in which position the rack willfbe'out of the way so far as operationsin the front of ythe niachine y are concerned. The-brace ineniber is not essential but is a convenience for use in at'- taehing the bags to the racks.k A

the doors 110i tub 4are opened and likewisethedoors 31 of container'19. `The container andthe tub 1are then locked in. position with theirrespective fall openingsare doorways.

be'accoinplished by throwing the rack 38 intov position in the doorways asindicated at the right in Fig. l with flanges 41 extending through and'adjacent the sides of the aligned' doorways 10 and 30 kas further illustrated, though in dumping position, at Fig. III.

doorways Vin alignment.` 'The locking niay Clothes are theny placed rin 'theoiitaiiier 19k l Ythrough the aligned doorways; y IThe lock is thefopenings are closed,obvioi'isly .it niustbe i provided through the pipe35. :Thereuponf the container .19is .revolvedfbyithe ineehanis-in above described` until the washing operation is .complete-d.. j Thereupon the 3 outlet in substantiallyv the,- posit-ion shown iny Fig. l.

kThe container irs-then `revolved untilthe door- .mechanism 152 is operated for draining the f Y tub. ,i The doors 11; are ythen opened, the'rtub during this operation having remainedl ways 3() are. inalignnientzwith.the doorways,

10 whereupon` the doorsy 31l are-opened and racks 38 v are swung ei into positionV with f the d flanges 41 extending-through the laligned Hlth@ Abags 42 arietofbeiued for receiving Vf the clothes, I they( will, yof Y course, haveV been,v attachedto the d lraeksprior to ithe u swingingoftheraclsfinto operative position l' as above described. Affter theV vracks are placed inthe operativepo'sition:above de?l .Y scribed the tubpand'therewiththeginterloclred container, is `revolved. by crank; 9@ untilY both tub .and container reach the'postion; shown in Fig. IH, at whiclipointalLothe clothes fallen through the aligned doorways and into the bags 42 or anyfother suitable.recep-V tacle which may be provided beneathv .the tub,

- whereuponby nieans of the` crank 9 theftub f and eor'itai-i-ier are returnedfto the position shown in FigzdV andthe operationfis re`y patted.' 1. .f

Y At Fig. V is illustrateda ra'ckf45placed 'on the end of the tub 4 and apinion 46 ineshaccoinplishing therevolution rofthe tub by powerfroins'uch motor. l Snap V'switchj43 is provided .operablev -bly kfingers 449 for autoiinatically Vbreaking the' circuit when the end i "of theracl;` 45. is a-pp'roacl'iedfin therevolution of the tub in either direction.r i Any suit-V ablefineehani'sin,"switch Aand circi'iit-for this 'i purpose may be provide-d.

Should the revolution of container 19 1x15 `i ingtherewith and operatedl by motor 4 7 for to cause tub-` 4tore'volve, the tub may beY held against such tendency by anyone ofv inany obvious mechanical: eXpedients as, for example, hook 50 around pipe 35 and crank'9.

AManyparts and construetionstherein de- -iaro ,105mV Contained Within .the container will have Y scribed may be changed to those which are standard and/or commonly employed in this art or to any mechanical equivalent, and other changes in structure may be made, without affecting the spirit or substance of this invention and within the scope of the claims.

I claim:

l. In a laundry machine, a rotatable tub, a cylindrical container rotatable within the tub, means for rotating the container while holding the tub stationary, doorways in the container and in the tub adapted to be relatively aligned and a frame insertable in said doorways and having means for maintaining said alignment and for forming a passage from the interior of the container to the `exterior of the tub.

2. In a laundry machine, a rotatable tub, a rotatable cylindrical container within the tub, means for revolving the container independently of the tub, means for revolving the container and the tub in relatively interloclred relation, relatively alignable doorways in the container and tub and a frame insertable in the doorways when aligned for maintaining the alignment, said frame having means for carrying a laundry bag with its open end dist-ended to substantially surround the opening formed by the aligned doorways.

3. In a laundry machine, a rotatable cylindrical tub, a rotatable cylindrical container within the tub, an intervening space between the cylindrical tub and the cylindrical container, means for revolving the tub and the cylinder independently of each other, means for revolving the tub and container in relatively interlocked position, alignable doorways in the container and tub and a frame insertable in the doorways when aligned for maintaining the alignment and having means for closing said intervening space adjacent said doorways.

fl. In a laundry machine, a rotatable tub, a rotatable container within the tub, means for revolving the tub and cylinder independently and also coincidently, relatively alignable doorways in the tub and container and a combined bag-rack and dumping frame insertable in said doorways when aligned and having flanges Vprojecting through the aligned doorways for maintaining said relative alignment and for guiding the clothes in passage through said aligned doorways, said flanges being also adapted to carry a bag in distended position substantially covering the opening formed by the aligned doorways.

In testimony whereof, I affix signature.

` JAMES N. WHITE. 

